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Spanish footballer Jesus de Miguel died on Tuesday, a day after being injured in an on-field collision during a second-division match, his club CD Tenerife announced. Anadolu Agency reported the death.
“Heartbroken, with a lump in our throats and unable to believe this is true, CD Tenerife announces the tragic death of Jesus de Miguel Alameda at 8 a.m. on Tuesday,” the club said in a statement.
The forward collided with FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono while competing for the ball late in Monday’s LaLiga Hypermotion match at Tenerife’s Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez stadium.
Medical staff treated De Miguel on the field before he was taken to hospital by ambulance. The match was abandoned.
On Monday, Tenerife said De Miguel had been admitted to the intensive care unit at Nuestra Senora de Candelaria University Hospital in serious but stable condition.
